Identifying cheap energy for the future

Month: April 2014

The White House Thursday announced a series of measures aimed at increasing solar energy production in the United States, particularly by encouraging the installation of solar panels in public spaces. President Barack Obama and his Democratic allies in Congress… Read More ›

IKEA US announced today that it is making its first wind farm investment in the United States with the purchase of Hoopeston Wind in Hoopeston, Illinois. The 98 megawatt wind farm is the largest single IKEA Group renewable energy investment… Read More ›

The U.S. solar industry is an $11.5 billion market with over 360,000 systems in place . Since 2008, solar capacity additions have exhibited a compound annual growth rate of over 50%, with strong gains anticipated in the coming years. As… Read More ›

When the International Energy Agency (IEA) recently said wind and solar can produce up to 30% of electricity needs at little additional cost in the long term, many analysts (with the exception of those at Accessible Clean Energy) were left scratching… Read More ›

An excerpt from the latest Mckinsey Resource Revolution report sees solar as having the potential to truly disrupt multiple sectors. Solar’s changing economics are already influencing business consumption and investment. In consumption, a number of companies with large physical footprints… Read More ›